Wichita eagle., 1887-01-13
MESSAGE.
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been discontinued.
The State Agricultural College-Th
work, growth and present condition of thi
important educational Institution are fullr
detailed IN the reports IF is Regents ap(
officers. The new college hall has beer
completed: forty four acres have beer
added 10 the farm; aud the value Of III,
college property has increased, during til,
past two years. from Sl45, S57 % TO 5;20s,
6.S 03. The annual attendance has in
creased from 395 10 1928, representing sixty
Kansas counties and eighteen states.
State Normal Sch0ol-The reports Of the
regents and officers Of this institution
show that it is III very prosperous ceudi
ton. lis graduates are III demand As
teachers and the enrolment OF pupils at
tending is steadily increasing. During tie
fiscal Wear emitting June 3Oth, 1885, the en-
rollment was Cos; for the next year, it
reached IA; and, during the present year,
it is believed that fully 800 young men and
women, anxious 10 qualify themselves as
public educators, will be in attendance
THE EDUCATIONAL BOARDS.
1t has been suggested that the three
Boards of Regents having charge, sever
ally, of the university the agricultural col
lcge and the normal school, should be con
solidated. and that one board be given su-
pervIsion of all these institutions. | do
not believe that such a system Of manage
ment would be practical, or advantageous
10 either the state or the institutions.
THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
The permanent school fund now aggrc-
gates 81, 06l .So7 SO, Of which amount 81.
00l .321.O5 IS invested in interest bearing
bonds This total, however, includes
s. 600 in bonds of school districts Of Co
manchr county, 81 800 of Norton county,
and so, 900 of Rice county all OF which
are supposed TO be fraudulent They
were purchased twelve years ago. and no
interest or principal has ever been paid
upon them. Il also includes 500 600 in
bonds Of the city of Lawrence. issued in
1870 and 1871, on which interest was paid
until after the passage ST an act, bv the
legislature OF 1888, which, the authorities
of Lawrence claim, relieved the city from
all further liability on these bonds The
permanent school fund has thus. il plain
violation of section >, article d. Of the CON
stitutiOn. been diminished To the extent OF
$1l4 600, and it should be the duty Of the
legislature 10 take some action looking to
replacing this amount.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
Of Trustees OF State Charita ole
Institutions, with its accompanying re-
ports OF superintendent and other officers,
furnishes detailed Information concerning
the condition, expense and requirements OF
the a>ylums for the insane at Topeka aud
OSawalomie. the state reform school at To-
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the deaf and dumb at Oiathe, and that for
the education Of The blind at Wyandotte.
the asylum for idiotic and imbecile youth.
now at Lawrence, but soon to be removed
10 Winfield. and the new soldiers orphan.
home at AtchIsou
These numerous charitable, educational
and reformatOry institutions entail upon
the state heavy burdens. which Increase II,
our population increases New building,
and additions, costing 1868 800, were
erected during the last two fiscal years
vet all the institutions are crowded to their
utmost capacity. and the trustees present
facts and figures showing demand for /
additional accommodations
OF CHARITABLE ISsTTTU- /
TONS
| again call the attention of the lcgisla- /
ture to the defects of the system provided .
by law for the management of these insti- f.
tutions In my judgment it does not af /
ford such supervision as the welfare of /
these great charities requires. OF the ap
annually made by the legisla
ture about two-tifyhS are expended by this .
one board OF trustees The institutions IN .
its charge are widely diverse in character. /
including educational. cleemuSynary and /
departments. They are also /
remote fram each other. and the trustees !
cannot visit them more than once a month. /
Tn. board too, is necessarily composed - ,
men whose time is largely engroSsed in /
their own personal affairs, and the inspec
tuns made by them are. therefore. hasty /
and superficial 1t ought 10 be apparent |.
" hen these facts are considered, that the .
present system Of supervision and manage /
ment is conspicuously inadequate, if not /
vicious Il i, in fact. neither /
practical comprehensive nor economical, I
ami should give place - some system that /
will provide for more constant, watchful /
and intelligent visitation, oversight and in /
speciion. /
STATE BOARDS.
1t NAV be said. in this connection, that
Institutions enibodies features Of eXtrava-
gance and inelliciency. aud ought 10 be /
remodelcd The business If the state has .
the old methods, and demands I
others more comprehensive and ecouomi /
cal The board Of trustees of>tate charita- /
bile institution, should be relieved of the SUI
pervi>iou OF the State Reform School. All /
the penal and rrformatnrv institutions. in /
b.a 5rs.ig .trf.g
refnrnatorv. aud the reform school, should .
be under the supervision Of one board, .
of not more than five members. .
TIE PENTTENTIARY.
The necessity for a female prison and a
ward for the insane Is apparent The in
siitutiun is crowded beyond it, capacity. +.
On the first Of July. 1854, it contained 15t
prisoners: july lst. 1888. this number had
increased To SO: July lSt. 1886, 10 500 .
and on the first OF january. 1887, the num-
Der was sol There are only 200 cells IN
the institution. so that in Pa cells, two
prisoners are placed.
TIE STATE REFORMAToRY.
One wing of the new Industrial Reform I.
atorv at Hutchinson. Is nearly completed, /
and the legislature should make provisions /.
for organizing lis official force. and for the .
erection IF the administration and other /
necessary buildings In my special mes
sage of 1886. | expressed my warm ap- 1
prevail of the purpose Of this institution,
and my belief that not One-hat OF the .
prisoners sentenced To confinement IN tIe
naturally belong 10 the Grim
iual classes Their age. the nature OF their
offenses. the light sentences imposed on .
MANY of them. and the frequent appeals .